Oliver Haarmann | |
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Born |
Carl Ludwig Oliver Haarmann September 1967 (age 50) |
Residence | London, England |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater |
Brown University Harvard Business School |
Occupation | businessman |
Title | founding partner, Searchlight Capital Partners |
Spouse(s) | Mala Gaonkar |
Children | 2 sons |
Carl Ludwig Oliver Haarmann (born September 1967) is a German private equity financier, and a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners.
Oliver Haarmann was born in September 1967. He earned a bachelor's degree in history and international relations from Brown University in 1990, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1996.
Haarmann was a managing director and partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). In June 2007, The Daily Telegraph reported that only one of KKR's (then taking over Alliance Boots) eight London-based partners (not Haarmann) was tax-domiciled in the UK.
Searchlight Capital was established in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Haarmann, and Erol Uzumeri, its founding partners.
Haarmann is a director of Ocean Outdoor and Hunter Boot.
He is a trustee of the Surgo Foundation, IntoUniversity, and Art Angel.
Haarmann is married to fellow private equity businesswoman Mala Gaonkar; they have two sons, and live in London.